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60532 Rabbit Bridge 18-03-99
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Russ Hillier charter
60532 Rabbit Bridge 2
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital,
Russ Hillier charter
60532,62005,60163 Barrow Hill 07-04-2009 R13521bw
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Sentimental Journeys/Russ Hillier charter
60163,60532,60007,60009 Barrow Hill 03-04-2009 R13467bw
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Sentimental Journeys/Russ Hillier charter
4464 + 60163 + 4468 + 60532 Barrow Hill 12-04-2012 IMG_4418
Barrow Hill Roundhouse
Sentimental Journeys/Russ Hillier charter
MediaCityUK, Salford Quays
Last weekend's visit to the Quays with Mark, Gary and Geoff resulted in some new viewpoints that I hadn't considered in all my previous visits... mainly due to my reluctance for an early start!
I found the neon lighting very overpowering when first processed so have desaturated it quite a lot, which has helped with the office interior details.
I don't normally mess with the saturation slider but in this case I think it's helped.
4464 + 60163 + 4468 + 60532 Barrow Hill 12-04-2012 IMG_4418bw
Sentimental Journeys/Russ Hillier charter
Barrow Hill Roundhouse
Class A2 Pacific 60532 "Blue Peter" pilots Class 57 diesel 57002 "Winston Churchill" on the returning, rerouted, Lakelander tour train past Aisgill on a warm 17th August 2025.
A wonderful morning spent in Buxworth Cutting with friends old and new to witness A2 60532 'Blue Peter' return to main line duties after 22 years absence in charge of 'The Christmas White Rose' on November 20th 2024.
Having just turned 75 years of age LNER designed class A2 60532 'Blue Peter' has proved to be a well received reintroduction to the mainline scene.
I was lucky on Saturday that a a pal gave me the nod that she was working closely to where I live. Not only that but as I waited in the cornfield under a cloudy sky the sun popped out just a few minutes before her arrival.
Photographed on the East Coast Main Line just north of Doncaster at Fenwick with a Kings X to York special. She was running eleven minutes late but seemed to be working in fine fettle.
These are signal flags Bravo Papa. We have them on ships for signalling Each one represents a letter These are B and P. Alone the B or Bravo flag means " I am carrying or transferring dangerous cargo We fly this flag all the time as our cargo is crude oil. The P or Papa flag means the ship is sailing and shore leave over. It has the nickname as the Bluepeter. Use you imagination for where the nickname comes from. In combination the Bravo Papa flying is a signal to tell usually a vessel in distress that a airplane is being dispatched to your location.
For this occasion I flew these flags solely for this picture. Eva's son inlaw Alex plays bass in a band . He is an awesome guy and an amazing father and husband. His band's name is you guessed it Bravo Papa. I hope to use this to make an image for his band
The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival ends with a “sail-by” where many boats of all kinds come out from the docks and show off. Here we can see: The 68 ft. schooner Suva which was built in Hong Kong in 1925. A sloop I do not know, the 51 ft yawl Pacifica that was built in 1947, and Blue Peter yacht. The 96 ft M/V Blue Peter, is a classic fan-tail yacht built expressly for touring and sightseeing in the Pacific Northwest. Launched in 1928 from Lake Union Dry-dock in Seattle, she is a beautiful example of the finest in yacht design and construction of her day. She has accommodations for eight overnight guests in five separate staterooms. The bright salon features a wood burning fireplace, cozy seating and enhanced wifi. Blue Peter is named after a signal flag that was used by ships to indicate that they were getting ready to depart.
The schooner Suva was originally designed as a gaff-rigged schooner. In 1960, Suva was re-rigged as a staysail schooner. She is available for charter out of Port Townsend, WA. schoonersuva.org/about-suva/
The 51 ft yawl Pacifica (7019) was built in 1947. She has raced in most of the major racing events in the USA and has sailed over 100,000 mile on her own. In 2014 she moved permanently from San Diego to Port Townsend.
This photo was taken at Port Townsend's 2024 Wooden Boat Festival woodenboat.org/
The newly restored Blue Peter rushes towards York with a private charter on the evening of July 13th 2024. Although there were showers all around, the train's arrival was greeted by a patch of watery sun! A magnificent sight indeed..
Salford Quays
I have a directory full of unstitched panoramas that I have not even bothered to label let alone process. This is an exception, but having shot it in landscape rather than portrait, there was a noticeable chunk missing off the top of the Imperial War Museum when stitched. So, it has laid dormant there for years.
Fast forward to a recent trip down to the Quays to show Paul a.k.a. shutterbug_uk2012 the sights and sounds of the area, ably supported by Eddie ‘Rainman’ Coulson. I only took a handful of shots myself, including a four frame pano, but I’ll save them for a rainy day as I’d like to see what Paul produces when he gets the chance from his busy day job.
But, back to the image… a few tips and tricks and I’ve managed to uncrop the stitched image and hey presto the top of the IWN wasn’t missing after all! A bit of filling in and clone work and it’s turned out to be a reasonable image in the end.
Class A2 60532 "Blue Peter" makes its first climb of Shap incline since 2001, with the Lakelander tour train from LLandudno to Carlisle on April 5th 2025.. Here seen passing Greenholme.
Sun, Snow & Steam……what more could you ask for; well cutting back those trees down the centre of the tracks! Beautifully restored LSL’s Peppercorn designed blue liveried LNER 'A2' 4-6-2 no.60532 ‘Blue Peter’ powers through Chinley North Jnc. with the Locomotive Services Rugby to York ‘Christmas White Rose’ rail tour.
20.11.2024.
LNER Peppercorn A2 Pacific 4-6-2 No 60532 'Blue Peter' approaches Jaggers Lane footbridge working 1Z83, the 06.00 Rugby - York 'Christmas White Rose'.
'Blue Peter' had been attached at Crewe.
Organised by Saphos Trains and operated by LSL.
a1 pacific 60163 tornado passes a2 pacific 60532 blue peter at barrow hill--sadly blue peter is not actually in steam
LNER Peppercorn Class A2 60532 Blue Peter steaming through Hathersage hauling 1Z82 "The Christmas White Rose" (Rugby - York).
Salford Quays
After spending most of the afternoon in Manchester dodging the rain, we headed back to the Quays to meet up with Mike Dutson for a night shoot and hopefully a decent blue hour. The weather was suggesting otherwise and after a bite to eat and drink in Limes (why not, it was raining again!) we started to make our way round to the MediaCity bridge (left of shot).
I’ve not shot the Quays at night for a very long time and the excitement got the better of me. The sky was looking particularly menacing at this point and I thought grab what you can, while you can, so this is camera straight out of the bag… no setup and handheld, which I don’t like doing at slow shutter speeds, but that sky was too good to miss - a case of premature shutter action I guess!
With blue skies and sunshine for the occasion, it is almost a quarter of a century since the last last mainline runs of Peppercorn A2 'Blue Peter'.
60532 looks in fine form as it heads north from Penrith with "The Lakelander" railtour. A matching set of carmine and cream stock rather helped with the early British Railways image.
The train would return south via the Cumbrian Coast route later the same day,
5th April 2025.
60532 Blue Peter with a southbound S+C trip on 21/3/92
Copyright David Price
No unauthorised use please
Due to Network Rails instructions to pair all Steam Tours with a diesel and the diesel to do all the hard work especially over gradients due to the fire risk ‘The Lakelander’ 1Z31 06:08 Rugby - Carlisle was hardly working as she climbed over Shap. As can be seen in this picture of 60532, 47593 was doing the lions share of the work passing Greenholme, not the display i was hoping for but still great to see Blue Peter.
It's amazing what you can construct using an old Half Crown of 1951 vintage, and a few Polo mints .... it's a bit like "Blue Peter" .... "you know a couple of old toilet rolls .... other bits and bobs .... then suddenly you get a lovely Robot, or Aircraft, or something else .... Ha, ha."
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A little information about the value of this English coinage.
One English Half Crown coin was valued at two shillings and sixpence .... equivalent to one eighth of a pound.
20 old shillings were equivalent to one English pound.
40 old sixpence coins were equivalent to one English pound.
"Those were the days!" .... when you knew money meant something .... well with all those heavy coins in your pocket .... "yeh .... the something was weight!"
Jingle, jingle.
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No wonder they had such large pockets way back when!
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No spearmint Polo's were hurt in the construction of this photograph .... "you may be glad to hear!"
Oh' .... but slowly sucked and gently dissolved in the mouth after the session .... and apparently .... that's ok in this PC world .... well had no complaints so it's really all good!
Happy Macro Monday everyone!
Please stay safe! 😷
Love & Peace 💕😻💖
60532 'Blue Peter' passes through Stenson Junction at Findern and heads back to Crewe H.C. after tyre tuning at Toton on October 17th 2024.
I was cycling the Preston Guild Wheel the other day with a couple of friends and as we cycled over the railway bridge at Farington Junction we came across a group of waiting railway enthusiast's all with cameras at the ready. On investigation we discovered that this steam train "Blue Peter" was about to leave Preston so stopped for a couple of shots ourselves. This is the best I could achieve with my phone held precariously through the steel barrier fencing.
another view from 2008 at barrowhill, 60532 blue peter , has been made to look as though it is in steam as 60163 tornado heads along the demonstration line
MediaCityUK, Salford Quays
But they never do!...
A recent trip down to the Quays to show Paul a.k.a. shutterbug_uk2012 the sights as well as meetup with my shooting partner – Eddie ‘Rainman’ Coulson. More about catching up than shooting for me, but I hope Paul managed a few more frames than I did. the This pano is about the only decent image I managed all evening.
Ex LNER class A2 no. 60532 'Blue Peter' approaches Hathersage in the Derbyshire Hope Valley on 20th November 2024 heading 1Z82, the LSL 'Christmas White Rose' from Rugby to York, steam hauled from Crewe.
Former LNER Peppercorn A2 60532 ‘Blue Peter’ heading east through Chinley on 20/11/24 with Saphos Trains “The Christmas White Rose” 1Z82 - 06.00 - Rugby to York.
This railtour represented 60532’s first commercial working for 22 years.
Taken using pole.
13.7.2024.
LNER Peppercorn A2 Pacific 4-6-2 No 60532 'Blue Peter' looks the part on the ECML working 1Z32, the 14.06 LKX - York private charter.
Operated by LSL.
LNER Peppercorn Class A2 60532 'Blue Peter' passes Tenbury Wall shortly after departure from Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway.
The A2 on its 3rd day of loaded testing runs utilising Locomotive Services Ltd’s mixed Mk3’s which are kept at the SVR.
60532 'Blue Peter' storms under the bridge at Green End NYMR on a stormy December day between Christmas and New Year on December 28th 1991.
A valued image from what turned out to be an epic driving day. We had driven up from the South West for a train on the S&C only to find when we arrived at our chosen location that the train had been cancelled. Knowing that the A2 was running on the NYMR we decided to drive across and managed to get this. A long drive home again followed, Peter Doel going back to Teignmouth.
LNER Peppercorn Class A2 60532 "Blue Peter" steam locomotive and support coach approach Buckford Lane, Findern working 5Z32 10.26 Toton Traction Maintenance Depot to Crewe Holding Sidings